Recent Insights into the Pathophysiology of Narcolepsy Type 1

M Vringer, J Zhou, JK Gool, D Bijlenga… - Sleep Medicine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a sleep-wake disorder in which people typically
experience excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy and other sleep-wake disturbances …

Polygenic risk score analysis revealed shared genetic background in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy

N Takahashi, T Nishimura, T Harada… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental
disorder, and excessive daytime sleepiness is frequently observed in ADHD patients …

Disrupted topological properties of structural brain networks present a glutamatergic neuropathophysiology in people with narcolepsy

G Chen, W Wang, H Wu, X Zhao, X Kang, J Ren… - Sleep, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives Growing evidences have documented various abnormalities of the white
matter bundles in people with narcolepsy. We sought to evaluate topological properties of …

Resting-state brain network topological properties and the correlation with neuropsychological assessment in adolescent narcolepsy

X Fulong, K Spruyt, L Chao, Z Dianjiang, Z Jun, H Fang - Sleep, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives To evaluate functional connectivity and topological properties of
brain networks, and to investigate the association between brain topological properties and …

Assessment of glymphatic function in narcolepsy using DTI-ALPS index

E Gumeler, E Aygun, FI Tezer, EU Saritas, KK Oguz - Sleep Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Sleep is a modulator of glymphatic activity which is altered in various sleep
disorders. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness …

Neuroimaging in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia: from neural correlates to clinical practice

JK Gool, N Cross, R Fronczek, GJ Lammers… - Current Sleep Medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Clinical presentation of central hypersomnolence disorders,
including narcolepsy type 1 and 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia, is often similar, and …

Autism spectrum disorder and narcolepsy: a possible connection that deserves to be investigated

A Posar, P Visconti, V Blunda, F Pizza… - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Narcolepsy in childhood-adolescence is characterized by a high occurrence of psychiatric
comorbidities. The most frequent psychiatric disorders reported in these patients are …

The sustained attention to response task shows lower cingulo-opercular and frontoparietal activity in people with narcolepsy type 1: an fMRI study on the neural …

JK Gool, YD van der Werf, GJ Lammers, R Fronczek - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vigilance complaints often occur in people with narcolepsy type 1 and severely impair
effective daytime functioning. We tested the feasibility of a three-level sustained attention to …

Microstructural White Matter Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents With Narcolepsy Type 1

M Hovi, U Roine, T Autti, H Heiskala, T Roine… - Pediatric Neurology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In 2010, the H1N1 Pandemrix vaccination campaign was followed by a
sudden increase in narcolepsy type 1 (NT1). We investigated the brain white matter …

Evidence of genetic overlap between circadian preference and brain white matter microstructure

LM García-Marín, S Alcauter, AI Campos… - Twin Research and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Several neuroimaging studies have reported associations between brain white matter
microstructure and chronotype. However, it is unclear whether those phenotypic …